Re: [libreplanet-discuss] libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 65, Issue 3

[Terry]

I think the single most important strength of open source software is
trust. OSS is by it's very nature open to audit and inspection. This
means the undesirable features like spyware while common-place in closed
source are extremely rare in open source. Also closed source software
may be engineered to game the end result, whereas open source is
completely transparent. I would think that for their software and their
motives to fully be credible, transparency such as that provided by open
to inspection source code is key.

At least that is why I require open source for software with essential
purposes.